tinny: Jake Peralta from Brooklyn Nine-Nine misquoting "eyes closed, head first, can't lose" (b99_jake eyesclosed headfirst)
tinny ([personal profile] tinny) wrote in [community profile] icontalking2019-03-30 05:42 pm
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Activity #24 Song Set



Maybe it's the advent of Spring that's making my muse run into weird directions and coming up with increasingly hard challenges... but we'll try something that used to be a staple in LJ iconmaking and that I haven't seen in over ten years:

Song sets!

A song set consists of icons with the lyrics of one song. Since it's a really old (i.e. extinct) thing, the only example icons I have are my own:


"I don't want to worry whether we're going to stay together until we die"
(Cake, "Love You Madly" lyrics)

In my set, I tried to make every single icon contain meaningful text, but that's definitely not a requirement.
I've never seen a set so large that it contained a whole song - but I won't stop you!
Apart from the text, the icons don't have to look the same or fit together in any other way.

Thanks to [personal profile] yourlibrarian, who made me look into songsets some more, I found another example set:

"I want a girl with a voice that is dark like tinted glass, I want a girl with a short skirt and a long jacket"
by [livejournal.com profile] errantnotice here
(Ha, another Cake Song: "Short Skirt, Long Jacket" lyrics)


* Really the only rule is that the lyrics should be continuous within the song from one icon to the next.

* Every icon should contain at least one word.
* If you can't make a part of the lyrics work:
** not all words have to be readable!
** NEW: you can leave out short connecting words (like "and", "that",...)
* You can choose any song, or more than one song if you make more than one set.
* If you want to leave out parts of the lyrics, just make separate sets.

* This time there is a minimum of 2 icons: the smallest set is a set of two.
* You can make as many icons (and as many sets) as you like.
* Please link the song lyrics, and/or put the parts you used of them in your comment with your icons

* Please submit your icons (and URLs!) to this post, all in one comment (if possible).
* Everyone can participate, you don't have to be a member of this community.
* I will collect all the icons from the comments and make a result post
* Everyone can leave comments on the inspiration and activity result posts
* There is no voting

Deadline: Saturday, April 20 2019, your end-of-day
fueschgast: Darcy watching a CRT TV that shows Pietro at Wanda's door. (Default)

[personal profile] fueschgast 2019-04-22 06:48 pm (UTC)(link)
I like the consistent look of these icons, individually (how the text color fits with the rest of the icon) and as a set.
colls: (SW Qi'ra)

Re: Songset: Doctor Who/What about everything?

[personal profile] colls 2019-04-22 08:04 pm (UTC)(link)
These are fantastic!
I love you coloring and text work - the song choice and images are spot on.
colls: (SW BB8)

Re: Songset - It's A Departure

[personal profile] colls 2019-04-22 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I like the font and outline text you use on this set - very nicely done!
colls: (SW Rey TLJ)

[personal profile] colls 2019-04-22 08:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Great text work! I especially like the 4th one
colls: (SG1 SamDaniel)

[personal profile] colls 2019-04-22 08:06 pm (UTC)(link)
So colorful!
And I like the composition of the 2nd icon from set 2, it's really well done!
green: (guardian: brothers)

[personal profile] green 2019-04-22 08:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you! :D I've been trying to do text again but it's difficult.
abyss_valkyrie: made by <user name=narnialover7> (Default)

[personal profile] abyss_valkyrie 2019-04-22 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you so much! <3
breyzyyin: (Breyzy: family meeting)

Re: You're my Best Friend

[personal profile] breyzyyin 2019-04-22 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
This is such a lovely set! ♥
breyzyyin: (Breyzy: bam!)

Re: Songset: Doctor Who/What about everything?

[personal profile] breyzyyin 2019-04-22 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
This is such a pretty set! I love how your text fits each image perfectly. XD
breyzyyin: (Breyzy: destiny's a thing you fight for)

Re: Songset - It's A Departure

[personal profile] breyzyyin 2019-04-22 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I love how clear the lyrics are and how fitting the images are for them too! Such a fun set! XD
breyzyyin: (Breyzy: my nightmare keeps me moving)

[personal profile] breyzyyin 2019-04-22 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
These are beautiful! XD
green: raven (Default)

[personal profile] green 2019-04-22 11:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you!! :D
excelsior_hallelujah: (Default)

Re: Songset - It's A Departure

[personal profile] excelsior_hallelujah 2019-04-23 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks so much!!
excelsior_hallelujah: (Robin Hood)

Re: Songset - It's A Departure

[personal profile] excelsior_hallelujah 2019-04-23 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
I tried to make sure the images had the same "feel" as the lyrics, so glad it came across! Thanks! :)
luminousdaze: a humpback whale spy hopping (DW: heart)

Re: Songset: Doctor Who/What about everything?

[personal profile] luminousdaze 2019-04-23 05:29 am (UTC)(link)
Those are so cute & pretty!
luminousdaze: a humpback whale spy hopping (DW: New Wave Doctor)

[personal profile] luminousdaze 2019-04-23 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
Those look so cool the typography & coloring rocks!
thisbluespirit: (Default)

Re: Songset: Doctor Who/What about everything?

[personal profile] thisbluespirit 2019-04-23 07:44 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you!
thisbluespirit: (Default)

Re: Songset: Doctor Who/What about everything?

[personal profile] thisbluespirit 2019-04-23 07:44 am (UTC)(link)
Aw, thanks! I found it really fun to do.
thisbluespirit: (Default)

Re: Songset: Doctor Who/What about everything?

[personal profile] thisbluespirit 2019-04-23 07:44 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you!

[personal profile] timetobegin 2019-04-26 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
thank you so much!

[personal profile] timetobegin 2019-04-26 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
:) thank you!

[personal profile] timetobegin 2019-04-26 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
thanks :)

[personal profile] timetobegin 2019-04-26 06:07 am (UTC)(link)
:) thanks!

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